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  • US newspaper round-up: Caterpillar, Bill Gates, Fiat...

    Friday 17 May 2013

    Industrial machinery maker Caterpillar has cut the cost of its acquisition of a Chinese mining equipment group, meaning that it will take a big write-down following alleged accounting “irregularities”, the The Wall Street Journal writes.

  • Moody's upgrades Turkey to investment grade rating

    Friday 17 May 2013

    Moody's Investor Service has decided to upgrade Turkey's credit rating to an investment grade with a 'stable' outlook after the country underwent several reforms to its financial structure.

  • France predicts return to growth in second half of 2013

    Friday 17 May 2013

    Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici believes that growth will return to France in the second half of this year after data on Wednesday showed the French economy slipped into recession during the first quarter.

  • FX round-up: Dollar falls as US data disappoints

    Friday 17 May 2013

    A barrage of worse-than-expected economic data from the States saw the dollar decline against most of its major counterparts on Thursday.

  • US newspaper round-up: Berkshire, Boeing, Hess Corp...

    Thursday 16 May 2013

    “Proving once again that he's a long-term investor, not a day trader, billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made few changes to its closely followed $85bn stock portfolio in the first quarter,” the USA Today reports. The paper says that Berkshire upped its stakes in “three blue-chip favourites” - Wells Fargo, Wal-Mart and IBM.

  • AUD/USD: Moving to last June’s low

    Thursday 16 May 2013

    The AUD/USD moved through the bottom part of a trading range that goes back several months.

  • EUR/GBP: Restructuring to the upside

    Thursday 16 May 2013

    Technical analysts at Digital Look say that the price chart for the EUR/GBP shows the potential for a rebound.

  • EUR/USD: Double-top reversal

    Thursday 16 May 2013

    The EUR/USD is clearly picking up bearish momentum following the breakout of support at 1.2953, according technical analysts at Digital Look.

  • Japanese economy expands at fastest pace in a year

    Thursday 16 May 2013

    Japanese gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at the fastest rate in a year during the first quarter of 2013, even though private investment continued to tumble.

  • FX round-up: Dollar remains firm despite data

    Thursday 16 May 2013

    The dollar maintained gains against major currencies on Wednesday, despite weaker than expected US manufacturing and wholesale price data, while the euro was pressured by data showing a larger than expected contraction in the Eurozone economy.

  • US newspaper round-up: Dell, Facebook, Apple...

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    The Wall Street Journal cites people close to Dell as saying that the computer maker will report profits 'far worse' than analysts’ forecasts for the first quarter though revenues should come in a little higher. The company has pushed its reporting date forward from May 21st to May 16th but has not explained why.

  • USD/CAD shoots for 1.0250

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    The price chart for the USD/CAD shows a short-term rally towards the top part of a bearish price channel, concretely at around 1.0250, say technical analysts at Digital Look.

  • USD/JPY: No signs of a throwback

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    The sudden move above 100 on the USD/JPY shows no signs of slowing down, according to technical analysts at Digital Look.

  • ThyssenKrupp beats estimates net one-time charge

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    German steel group ThyssenKrupp reported a fiscal second quarter loss of 656m euros although analysts had been looking for a slight profit of 25.5m euros.

  • Eurozone recession continues in first quarter

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    The Eurozone recession continued at the start of 2013 as first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) registered another contraction.

  • Italy to issue 30-year bond, still stuck in recession

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    Italy published another contraction in the first quarter of this year and remains in its longest recession in the last 43 years as the country gears up to launch a 30-year syndicated bond.

  • EUR/USD: Euro breaks through support level

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    The EUR/USD confirmed the breakout of a support level at 1.2953, according to technical analysts at Digital Look.

  • USD/CHF: Heading for the 2012 high

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    The USD/CHF has been performing strongly and has now confirmed a breakout of resistance at 0.9566, according to technical analysts at Digital Look.

  • France returns to recession in first quarter

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    France fell back into recession in the first quarter of 2013 as the Eurozone crisis continued to hamper growth.

  • Ecofin looks to protect depositors from bank failures

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    European finance ministers decided during Tuesday's Ecofin meeting that depositors with less than 100,000 euros in a failed bank will recover their entire funds.

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